He lived hand-to-mouth as a “hack” or writer-for-hire ... that you're actually looking for them.’” Samuel Johnson was also praised by the Earl of Chesterfield, who described the dictionary ...

the Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Dr. Johnson, as the brilliant 18th-century critic, author and poet was known, produced a huge body of immensely influential literature, including a dictionary ...

Image caption, Dr Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language was first published in 1755 The Staffordshire-born writer and his team, working in a house off London’s Fleet Street ...

Samuel Johnson was no Mel Gibson, but his biography includes the makings of a modern celebrity sobfest: birth into poverty; a host of ailments, both physical and psychological; and, of course ...

In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare's memorial. The inscription in brass letters reads: SAMUEL ...